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Pericardial Effusion Size

MedGen UID:
1619783
•Concept ID:
C4528241
•
Finding

Definition

The size of a pericardial effusion as assessed at the point of greatest separation between the parietal and visceral pericardia. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPericardial Effusion Size

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Chronic Pericardial Effusion: Causes and Management.
Lazaros G, Imazio M, Tsioufis P, Lazarou E, Vlachopoulos C, Tsioufis C
Can J Cardiol 2023 Aug;39(8):1121-1131. Epub 2023 Feb 10 doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.02.003. PMID: 36773704
Pericardial Effusions: Causes, Diagnosis, and Management.
Vakamudi S, Ho N, Cremer PC
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2017 Jan-Feb;59(4):380-388. Epub 2017 Jan 4 doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2016.12.009. PMID: 28062268
Management of pericardial effusion.
Imazio M, Adler Y
Eur Heart J 2013 Apr;34(16):1186-97. Epub 2012 Nov 2 doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs372. PMID: 23125278

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Concordance of Pericardial Effusion Size Between Computed Tomography and Echocardiography.
Zhang RS, Alter E, Kozloff S, Choy-Shan A, Xia Y, Patel K, Gozansky EK, Saric M, Stojanovska J, Donnino R
Am J Cardiol 2023 Sep 15;203:92-97. Epub 2023 Jul 22 doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.098. PMID: 37487407
Post-cardiotomy pericardial effusion and postoperative atrial fibrillation risk.
Kikuchi Y, Saijo Y, Narita M, Shibagaki K, Okubo R, Kunioka S, Shirasaka T, Kamiya H
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022 Aug;38(8):1873-1879. Epub 2022 Mar 30 doi: 10.1007/s10554-022-02560-9. PMID: 37726512
Prognostic Value of Pericardial Effusion Size in Patients with Acute Heart Failure.
Zhai G, Zhang B, Wang J, Liu Y, Zhou Y
Curr Vasc Pharmacol 2022;20(6):508-516. doi: 10.2174/1570161120666220721094739. PMID: 35899953Free PMC Article
Preprocedure CT Findings of Right Heart Failure as a Predictor of Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
Hossain R, Chelala L, Sleilaty G, Amin S, Vairavamurthy J, Chen R, Gupta A, Jeudy J, White C
AJR Am J Roentgenol 2021 Jan;216(1):57-65. Epub 2020 Nov 10 doi: 10.2214/AJR.20.22894. PMID: 33170737
Echocardiographic Assessment of Pericardial Effusion Size: Time for a Quantitative Approach.
DeMaria DM, Waring AA, Gregg DE, Litwin SE
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2019 Dec;32(12):1615-1617.e1. Epub 2019 Oct 19 doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2019.08.019. PMID: 31635971

Diagnosis

Post-cardiotomy pericardial effusion and postoperative atrial fibrillation risk.
Kikuchi Y, Saijo Y, Narita M, Shibagaki K, Okubo R, Kunioka S, Shirasaka T, Kamiya H
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022 Aug;38(8):1873-1879. Epub 2022 Mar 30 doi: 10.1007/s10554-022-02560-9. PMID: 37726512
Preprocedure CT Findings of Right Heart Failure as a Predictor of Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
Hossain R, Chelala L, Sleilaty G, Amin S, Vairavamurthy J, Chen R, Gupta A, Jeudy J, White C
AJR Am J Roentgenol 2021 Jan;216(1):57-65. Epub 2020 Nov 10 doi: 10.2214/AJR.20.22894. PMID: 33170737
Prognostic implications of epicardial fat volume quantification in acute pericarditis.
Lazaros G, Antonopoulos AS, Oikonomou EK, Vasileiou P, Oikonomou E, Stroumpouli E, Karavidas A, Antoniades C, Tousoulis D
Eur J Clin Invest 2017 Feb;47(2):129-136. Epub 2016 Dec 30 doi: 10.1111/eci.12711. PMID: 27931089

Therapy

Prognostic implications of epicardial fat volume quantification in acute pericarditis.
Lazaros G, Antonopoulos AS, Oikonomou EK, Vasileiou P, Oikonomou E, Stroumpouli E, Karavidas A, Antoniades C, Tousoulis D
Eur J Clin Invest 2017 Feb;47(2):129-136. Epub 2016 Dec 30 doi: 10.1111/eci.12711. PMID: 27931089

Prognosis

Post-cardiotomy pericardial effusion and postoperative atrial fibrillation risk.
Kikuchi Y, Saijo Y, Narita M, Shibagaki K, Okubo R, Kunioka S, Shirasaka T, Kamiya H
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022 Aug;38(8):1873-1879. Epub 2022 Mar 30 doi: 10.1007/s10554-022-02560-9. PMID: 37726512
Prognostic Value of Pericardial Effusion Size in Patients with Acute Heart Failure.
Zhai G, Zhang B, Wang J, Liu Y, Zhou Y
Curr Vasc Pharmacol 2022;20(6):508-516. doi: 10.2174/1570161120666220721094739. PMID: 35899953Free PMC Article
Preprocedure CT Findings of Right Heart Failure as a Predictor of Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
Hossain R, Chelala L, Sleilaty G, Amin S, Vairavamurthy J, Chen R, Gupta A, Jeudy J, White C
AJR Am J Roentgenol 2021 Jan;216(1):57-65. Epub 2020 Nov 10 doi: 10.2214/AJR.20.22894. PMID: 33170737
Echocardiographic Assessment of Pericardial Effusion Size: Time for a Quantitative Approach.
DeMaria DM, Waring AA, Gregg DE, Litwin SE
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2019 Dec;32(12):1615-1617.e1. Epub 2019 Oct 19 doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2019.08.019. PMID: 31635971
Prognostic implications of epicardial fat volume quantification in acute pericarditis.
Lazaros G, Antonopoulos AS, Oikonomou EK, Vasileiou P, Oikonomou E, Stroumpouli E, Karavidas A, Antoniades C, Tousoulis D
Eur J Clin Invest 2017 Feb;47(2):129-136. Epub 2016 Dec 30 doi: 10.1111/eci.12711. PMID: 27931089

Clinical prediction guides

Concordance of Pericardial Effusion Size Between Computed Tomography and Echocardiography.
Zhang RS, Alter E, Kozloff S, Choy-Shan A, Xia Y, Patel K, Gozansky EK, Saric M, Stojanovska J, Donnino R
Am J Cardiol 2023 Sep 15;203:92-97. Epub 2023 Jul 22 doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.098. PMID: 37487407
Post-cardiotomy pericardial effusion and postoperative atrial fibrillation risk.
Kikuchi Y, Saijo Y, Narita M, Shibagaki K, Okubo R, Kunioka S, Shirasaka T, Kamiya H
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022 Aug;38(8):1873-1879. Epub 2022 Mar 30 doi: 10.1007/s10554-022-02560-9. PMID: 37726512
Prognostic Value of Pericardial Effusion Size in Patients with Acute Heart Failure.
Zhai G, Zhang B, Wang J, Liu Y, Zhou Y
Curr Vasc Pharmacol 2022;20(6):508-516. doi: 10.2174/1570161120666220721094739. PMID: 35899953Free PMC Article
Preprocedure CT Findings of Right Heart Failure as a Predictor of Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
Hossain R, Chelala L, Sleilaty G, Amin S, Vairavamurthy J, Chen R, Gupta A, Jeudy J, White C
AJR Am J Roentgenol 2021 Jan;216(1):57-65. Epub 2020 Nov 10 doi: 10.2214/AJR.20.22894. PMID: 33170737

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